Improvement in boot and shoe back protectors



R, MGOAMMON. Boot and Shoe Back Protectors.

. Patented Aug. 26,1879.l

N PETERS. PHOTOAJTHOGRAPHER. WASHmGToN. D C.

"UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIOE.

ROBERT MCOAMMON, on SALEM, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IIN BOOT AND SHOE BACK PROTECTORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 218,993, dated August26, 1879 applicationled Y Y July 22, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

of Ohio, have invented certain new and use,

ful Improvements in Boot and Shoe Back Protectors; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and-to letters of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification, in which- Figure lis a perspective ofthe shoe with my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2, a rear view of theshoe-quarter with protector, and Fig. 3 a vertical section throughquarter and protector.

My invention relates to Vboots and shoes; and it consists in theconstruction of the shoe and the combination of parts hereinafterparticularly described.

In use a boot or shoe wrinkles more or less in the back, and in time theleather composing the shoe Will break where these Wrinkles are formed`by reason of the folds of leather rubbing against one another.l

Shoes have been constructed withy a view to prevent this breaking, andmy invention seeks the same end by improved means.

In carrying out my invention I make a series` of crescent-shapedincisions across the quarter of the shoe, above the counter, by slittingor by cutting pieces out of the material composing the quarter. I nextstitch or otherwise secure a piece of cloth, felted goods, or textilefabric other than rubber goring, B, to the quarters C and to strips Afrom the inside ofthe shoe, usually between the material composing theback and the lining, as'shown in Fig. 3.

The cloth B is pliable, and strong, and durable, and the shoe with it inthe back can be kept any length of time without the strength of thecloth becoming impaired; whereas if rubber gore were used for thepurpose it would, if the shoes be kept in stock for any length of time,become rotten to such an extent as to seriously impair the marketable'value of the shoe.

Another material feature of my invention is the strips A, usually of thesame material composing the quarter of the shoe, which strengthen theback of the shoe and prevent 4the cloth from sagging.

In order to most eectually prevent the back of the shoe from breaking,the cloth should be extended some distance up the same, and when suchisthe case, unless it be in some way supported between the two ends, itis very liable to sag and present an unsightly appearance; but by havingthe strips A extending across the back, as shown, and the cloth fastenedthereto, the sagging referred to is prevented and the back strengthened.

I have also found in practice that it is greatly advantageous to cut theslits or incisions in the back of the shoe of a curved or crescentshape, as shown in the drawing, for by so doing the wrinkles will bemore effectually taken up than where the slits are otherwise shaped,Whether the shoe runs over or works from side to side or backward andforward.

Over the cloth, inside the shoe, is placed the usual lining D and thesupplemental strip E. The shoe in other respects does not diifer fromshoes as ordinarily constructed.

This invention is applicable to all kinds of boots and shoes, and isusually applied to the uppers before the shoe is made.

Having described my invention, what I claim isl. A boot or shoe having aseries of incisions across its back, and cloth secured thereover fromthe inside, supported and strengthened by strips of other materialsecured crosswise thereto, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

2. A boot or shoe having a series of crescent-shaped incisions acrossits back, and cloth secured thereover from the inside,I supported andstrengthened by strips of other material secured. crosswise thereto,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this18th day of July, 1879.

ROBT. MCOAMMON. Witnesses:

J. C. BOONE, E. W. DOLE.

